Traveling Does Have It's Perks

We stated at the Crown Plaza in Times Square. The hotel was beautiful. I was able to stay free due to a promotion of IHG. I was given a key to the concierge room. We were able to get breakfast and snacks every day. It was a nice perk.

The Shows

The main thing I wanted to do on this trip was to see as many shows as I could. Regina came in later than me so the first night I went to see Mary Poppins at the New Amsterdam theater. I know this one was not high on Regina's list. We would go the day of the show and buy our tickets for that night for 1/2 price. Not my favorite Disney Show. That would be the Lion King. But it was still fun to see.

The next show we saw was Shrek the Musical. This one was kind of a let down for me. Out of everything we saw - this was my least favorite. I am glad we went - but don't need to see it again.

This last summer I watched So You Think You Can Dance. I loved the show. So when I saw Burn the Floor was playing across from the hotel and it starred Anya and Pacha from a previous season I know this is one that I wanted to see. It had several couples from different countries dancing. It was amazing and my most favoritie. Even through Anya ad Pacha were the stars that drew the people in - they did not carry the show. They were in limited dance number. There was a second couple from the United States that was my favorite. The girl has so much energy and was amazing.

The last show we saw was the Toxic Advenger. It was an off Broadway musical starring Diana DeGarmo from American Idol. It was a politically incorrect show that was bound to offend. It was the show that we laughed the most.

It was a great week of shows and look forward to going back to see more. Next on the list - Rock of Ages - hopefully in the spring.

New York Trip

I am having a hard tiime formating this the way I want. Words are not lining up with the pictures.

I had the opportunity to spend a week in New York back in September I stayed at the Crown Plaza right on Broadway. It was a beautiful hotel in a great and convienent location. The pictues below are taken during a quick walk around the are.

I was staying up on 48th street. I love all the billboard advertisements.

Broadway has changed a lot siince I Iwas last there. They are making it more pedestrian friendly. This was an added chair to the street. That is Regina sitting in the hand :)

One night I was walking back to the hotel from a show and saw all these people sitting in the street. They were all there to watch an Opera on the big screen in the square. It was cool to see this.

One thing I always loved about broadway was the flashing signs. The hotel I stayed at was right across the street from M%M World and on the same corner as the Hershey store.

Detroit Airport

This week was so long in terms of flying and driving that I did not have time to do anything fun and interesting. So I thought I would spotlight the Detroit Airport. I had an hour and a half layover here and they have an underground walkway between terminals. So I used this time to get my exercise in. I walked up and down the corridor - and no I did not use the moving sidewalks :) I love the look of this walkway. Thisi one was more upbeat music but most of the time it was more quiet and serene. I thought it was Disneyesque.

Buttermilk Falls

On the firist Painted Post Trip we went to Buttermilk Falls which was in Ithica NY. I remember going to Ithica with Jay back in the late 80's and how beautiful it was then. I remember going to Buttermilk Falls then but seeing it again - I so did not remember it. I remember a falls in downtown Ithica - and I thought that was Buttermilk. Michael and Ii hiked up the falls and that was such a beautiful hike. We hiked up to the road and met a ranger up there. He said we could never make it back before dark. We said we would be okay and started hiking back down. We made it out before it was too dark and was in the car heading back to Painted Post as the ranger drove back down to make sure we really got out of there . These pictures are random from the hike.

Niagra Falls

Today I flew into Buffalo NY and met up with Michael. We took a quick detour up to Niagra Falls - American side only as I do not have a passport. We went to goat island and walked to the different viewpoints around the island. It was beautiful.